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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
LATER.


THE South Carolina rice crop had on the
23d been almost ruined by floods. The loss
es of the planters were enormous, and the
colored plantation hands wero threatened
with starvation during the winter unless
relieved by public charity
The seizure Of mora Canadian sailing
vessels in the North Pacific ocean by a
United States cruiser was reported on the
Esd.
a FIRE on the 23i at Lawrenceburg, KY,
consumed livery stable containing four
teen horses and twenty vehicles, large
block of business houses, the colored Bap-
list church and several private residences.
AT Nashville, Tenn, on the 23l fire
destroyed the Standard oil works, Pearces
distillery and SWANS marble works. caus.
ing q loss of 100000.
A PASSENGER train on the Peoria, Deca-
tur & Evansville railway was thrown
from the track on the 23l near Salt Creek,
H., by train -wreckers, who had removed
the fish plates and spikes from the rails.
No one was injured. s~.rs. va SO :. ~
By the fall of a scaffolding on the 231 al
the new city hospital in Berlin work.
men were k1llei and several other persons
We're badly injured.
A BOAT containing two men, three
women ald four children capsized in the
st. Lawrence river near Montreal on the
3d. The men saved themselves, but the
women and children persisted.
The first National convention of colored
Masons metin Chicago on the 23d.
MRS. SARAH JACKSON, wife of Andrew
jackson, Jr., and mistress of the White
House during President Jackson's second
term, died at Nashville, Tenn, on the 23d,
aged eighty-one years.
WARRANTS for pensions amounting to
over $B,000000 We're issuei from the
United States Treasury on the a3i
LORD harrington en- the 23d sent a
strong remonstrance to Lori. Salisbury
against the proclamation of the Irish Ma
tional League
WILLIAM OLDs, United States Consul at
Brockville, Ont, died on the 23d of heart
disease. Mr.. Olds was resident OF Rich
mond, va.
HE time fixed for the redemption of
trade dollars wiIlexpire September next.
After that date trade dollars will have no
value except as silver bullion Up to the
23d nearly 100000 "trades'' had been ex-
changed for standard dollars.
REAR-ADMIRAL CRAVEN on the retired
list Of the United States Navy. died at the
Charleston Navy Yard on the 23i of heart
disease, agei sevsnty-nine years.
A CALL was issued at Philadelphia on
t1e 2Si by the Executive Committee of the
American party" for convention to be
held at Philadelphia September is and II,
ior the purpose of perfecting the organiza-
ton. Among the defined objects of the
movement are the restriction of immigra-
tor, a thorough revision of the naturaliza-
tlon laws, the suppression of polygamy
and intemperance, the promotion of the
free-school system and an equitable solu-
ton OF the labor problem.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Ameer CT AfghaniStan, who was
suffering with a boil which the court
physician had unsuccessf fully treated,
ordered the instant decapitation of the un-
fortunate doctor, and the order was car
ried out on the 18th.
The British Minister has asked an ex-
PLANTATION of the United States Govern
ment of the recent seizures of British YES
sells in Behring sea-
The cholera epidemic in Sicily had, it
was reported on the 18th, been stamped
out.
The best-informed people at Zanzibar
on the 10Th dscredited the reports of
Stanley's murder.
AT Berlin total eclipse of the sun oc-
Cured on the 18th. Thousands of people
from different sections of the empire wit
messed the phenomenon.
THE failure of the Bank of London, Can,
was announced on the 10Th. It had a sub.
scribed capital of 100000, of which
1923 5SS was paid up. The bill-holders
would not lose heavily.
THE City of Montreal, an Inman line
steamer, was totally destroyed by fire
when four hundred miles off the New
foundland coast The passengers and
crew, numbering over four hundred, took
to the boats, which were all picked up
save one containing thirteen persons, by
the steamer York City. which landed them
at Queenstown on the 10Th. 1t was sup.
posed that all en- board the missing boat
persisted.
IT was announced on the 10Th in the
House Of Lords by Lord Sails bury, and in
the Commons by Mr.. Balfour. that the
British Government had proclaimed the
Irish National League
The English steamship Madrid, valued
at $3.50, 900, and carrying crew of twenty
five men, which sailed from Philadelphia
May 25 for London, was given up for lost
on the Dist.
On the 22d Russia declared that she
would not recognize Ferdinand as Prince
of Bulgaria
IN Havana, Cuba, six persons died on
the pa from drinking milk that had been
poisoned by some one unknown.
SEVENTEEN persons fell from a barge
into the water and were drowned during
q regatta on the 22d on the Thames river
at London. .,
w. j. MCGARIGLE, the escaped Chicago
hooiler, was reported on the 22i still at st.
GATHERINGS, Can.
A. j. VANDERPoEL a well-known New
York lawyer, droppe deal from apoplsxy
in Paris on the 22d.
The City of Mexico was almost entirely
under water on the 22d, the result of a
heavy rain-storm, and pedestrians could
not make their way through the flooded
thoroughfares
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
SPENCER F. BAIRD.


Death off, the Famous Naturalist and
President +. s sof,s sssne United States Fish
Commission.
WOODS HoEL, Mass, Aug. 2O.-Prof
Spencer F. Baird, of thesUnited States Fish
I Commission, died here at 3:45 p m. yester-
day.
[Spencer F. Baird, the eminent naturalist,
was born at Reading, Pa, =frS 1923. He became
professor Of neutral science in Dickinson Col
ilege and afterward secretary of the Smith
sonian Institute Besides his other labors
he has, translated and edited the 'Tcono-
grapific Encyclopedia' and published re-
ports on the collections in natural history
made by .Stansbupy, GiIliss, Marcy and
others. He also published in conjunction
with J..LCassin 1.-THE Birds of North America
and ''The Mammals of North America He
studied with great success the various dfyis-
ions OF the vertebrate and their distribution,
and made valuable contributions to the Jour
nal Of the Academy of Sciences of Philadel-
'phia, to the qualifications OF the Smithsonian
Institute, etc A.' a....
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

MRS. NEWTON LlGHTFooT, while going
about her house near Marion, Ind, on the
night of the 10Th, was shot and killed BY
her son, who had mistaken her for bur-
glar.
AUGUsT WURMBoLD, we'll known resi-
dent of Davenport, Ia, while at his daugh-
ter's grave on the Goth in company with
his wife shot and killed himself.
REV THOMAS G. KEEN, a appointment Bap-
list minister, died from a STROKE of paral-
ysis at Evansville, Ind, on the 21st, aged
seventy two years.
The Lincoln homestead OF Springfield,
recently decided to the State Of Illinois by
Robert T.. Lincoln, will be restored as
nearly as possible to its condition when
occupied by the late President
CHRIsToPHER SIssoN and Reece Hullin-
ger died of well damp on the 22d while IN a
we'll four miles Lorth of Marion, Ind
NEAR Charleston, w. Va, two freight
trains on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
collided on the 22i, both engines bein g de-
mol shed and fifteen cars burned, causing
a loss of 100000
TWENTY Norman horses and seventy
tons of hay We're consumed in the burning
of a barn near Hastings, Mimi, on the ed.
Loss, $50, 900.
On the 22d the tobacco crop of Maryland
an Virginia was reported to be turning
out the best in many years
THE San Francisco whaling feet on the
22d reported during the present season a
catch of fifty flour whales.
JOHN and Frank Newer, brothers, were
shot dead at a picnic on the 22d near Exc
Ter, Neb., by thieving toughs who were at
tempting to steal a keg of beer.
ST. LOUIS was informed on the 22d that
the President and Mrs. Cleveland would
reach that place Saturday evening, Octo-
Der l, and would remain until Tuesday
midnight, when they would leave for Chi
cago.
DETECTIVES arrested Miss Sarah Dodge.
a wealthy spnster, on ths 22i at Gardner,
H., for the recent murder of Walter S.
Babcock, a wealthy Chicago lumber mer-
chant
G. E. BARTLETT, cashier of the Sumter
! Is. CO. National Bank, not putting in an
appearance at the Office on the ed, an inves-
LEGATION showed that he had fed with
$40 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
WEST AND SouTH.

PEOPLE living in the southweste tern part
OF Indiana were so greatly terroflzed by
the ''White Caps" or regulators, that
those who were unable to leave the coun-
try were on the 18th appealing to the Gov
ernor for protection. H.
n. MATsoN 81 Coz; the old and well,
known iewelry firm of Chicago, failed on
the 18th for $4,000; assets, $500, 600. The
recent death of Mr.. Matson was given as
the cause Of the failure
| IN the vicinity of East Tawas, Mich, a
heavy white frost on the morning of the
10th did considerable damage to vines.
DIsPATcHEs received from Cheboygan,
Mich, on the 18th, say forest fires were
raging to an alarming extent on the other
shore across the straits.
IT was stated on the 10Th that Mackay
and Flood lost $4,000, 900 in the recent dis
astrous wheat deal
AT the final meeting of the National
encampment of Sons of Veterans at Des
Moines, Ia, on, the 10Th General g. B.
Abbott, of Chicago, was chosen Com
mandersin-Ch .y~~
SHERIFF KENDALL and his posse of nine
men Hawere salnbushed near Glenwood
Springs, Col, on the 10th by the belig-
aren't Utes. After a hard fight they es-
capped with loss of three horses killed
and four men wounded The settlers were
fleeing for their lives, and the hostiles were
being reinforced.
- REV. AARON WooO, d. D., who had
preached in the Methodist pulpit sixty
years, expired on the 10th at his home
near Charlottesville, Ind, aged eighty five
years..
SECTIONS of Missouri, Kansas and Ne
braska were swept by a severe rain and
hail-storm on the Goth, buildings and crops
being badly damaged.
THE village of De Graf, Logan County,
o., place of twelve hundred inhabitants,
was nearly wiped out by ire on she Goth.
REPORTS received from various points
throughout the West on the 21st agreed
| that the recent rains came too late to be of
much value to the corn crop. Dakota alone
reported the condition of the crop above
the average. Pasturage was revived by
the rains and fair supply OF fall feed was
anticipated. The yield of potatoes was
short on account of the prolonged drought,
and the apple crop was light
DURING quarrel on the Goth in the
Chickasaw nation between two men
named Harrison and Graham both were
fatally shot, as was also son of Harrison.
THERE has been 254 cases of yellow fever
at Key West, Fla, and SO deaths up to the
21st
IN trying to drive across the railway
track ahead Of train near Lawrenceburg,
Tenn, on the Goth, j. c. Usury and SON
and Peter Hensen were struck by the loco
motive and all were killed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
Riddlehercer,s Friends.

WooDsrocK, va, Aug. 2o,-The grand jury
yesterday brought in an indictment against
six persons for misdemean6r in rescuing
Senator Riddleberger from jail. The pen
salty under the Indictment is six months in
jail and fine not exceeding $500 A lively
An Indictment for misdemeanor was
also found against Deputy Sheriff
Hotel, who was in jail with Senator
Riddleberger the night of the rescue The
smallness of the party and the liberation of
the Senator without forcing the jail proper
will make it go hard with the deputy
sheriff. Senator Riddleberger said to a
friend this evening that he would clean out
the oourt by legal me tho DIS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

Compiled From Late Dispatches
FROM WASHINGTON.


THERE were Is. 373 postmasters appoints
ed during the three years ended July 30.
The total number of post-offices in the
country is 5S.157.
DURING the seven days ended ON the 10Th
there were 135 business failures in the
United States, against Isl the previous
seven days
INVESTIGATIONS were being made on the
20th by the Agricultural Department into
authorizations in WINE and beer
IN the United States the exchanges al
twenty-slx leading clearing houses dur.
ing the week ended on the Goth aggre.
gated 1906, 500, $40, against sSO7 381, 347 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1885, the decrease
amounts to g. per cent
RESOLUTIONS were passed by the Ma
tional Labor Council at Washington on the
22d conaemning the rr sent fnauc al pol
ICY OF Secretary Fairchili and calling a
meeting of the National Counc Septem-
Der %
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Z. 80.
Its Last Dollar Gone.

: IND1ANApoLIs, Ind, Aug 2O.-The fnan-
cial embarrassments of Indiana are growing
more and more serious. The last dollar in
the general fund of the State Treasury was
paid out yesterday, and there are no re-
sources, that can be drawn upon bel
fore next December Ia. the mean
time 100000 will be needed to pay
the current expenses of the State Govern
ment and public institutions Treasurer
Lemeke announces that he will. call upon
the counties to advance funds. but if they
do so it will be voluntary, as the
law will not require them to respond
the State nothing. One effect of the exhaus-
ton of the treasury will be the suspension
of work upon all State institutions, of
which several are now in course of erection.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
Danaced Crnns.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 20.-Crop reports to
the Pioneer Press represent that the late
storms have resulted in considerable dam
age to wheat, more particularly from bleach
ing Some sprouting is also reported The
greater portion of the damage in both
Minnesota and Dakota has been south of
the Hastings & Dakota railroad, where rains
have been specially copious. North of this
road the damage is mostly in spots Most
of the grain is now in the stack and thrash
ing is somewhat delayed Conservative
judges estimate this years wheat crop Of
Minnesota and Dakota at $4,000, O005busn-
lls--considered a low estimate. The barley
p-op in Southern Minnesota is better than
anticipated ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

DANIEL SPEAKER, president of the
Mohawk River Bank at Fonda, N. Y,
is probably the oldest bank president
in this country, He has held his pres
ent position since the bank was found
ed in 1885. He is now ninety years of
age, and is in very precarious state
of health. He has been blind and deaf
for some years, but attended to his
duties at the bank up to fewsdays
400
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

DR. SAMUEL SEXTON, in Science,
publishes an article with statistics of
the evils from boxing the ears of
children" 1t is vicious practice, and
those who indulge'in it seem to be ig-
norant of the permanent damage they
inflict DR.. Sexton recites many, ex-
amples of injuries, such as running at
the ear, fracture of the tympanum, in
tammation of the internal ear, followed
with permanent deafness, as well as
disease to the brain itself, which have
resulted directly from boxing the ears
of children. There is nothing to besaid
in favor ofsuch method of punishment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

THIS is the time of the year when
the farmer who does not take news
paper because he can not afford it
meets with two or three confidence
men and gets cheated out of enough
money in one day to pay for sub
scription to his home paper and half a
dozen daily papers from every State in
the TTnion t
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

SERGEANT MASON, made famous for
having shot at Guiteau during his trial
for the murder Of President Garfield,
and who was confined in the Albany
penitentiary for some time, has become
a prosperous and very quiet farmer in
Orange County, Va. He, with Betty
and several babies, are reported to be
comfortable in all respects.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
Cleveland's substitute Dead.

ELMRA, N Y, Aug. 2O-George Brinske,
who recently gained considerable notoriety
as President Cleyeland's substitute in the
army when the latter, was. drafted, died in
the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Bath
shortly after midnight Friday night His
death was caused by consumption. Until
recently Brinske was an inmate of the poor
house, having become broken down in
health while in the army, and was unable
to earn living He was born in. Poland,
and was about eighty years of age
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

THE Alaska Free Press says: A num-
Der of Juneau ladies enjoyed buggy
ride to the basin on Thursday last. We
are indeed fast introducing civilization
into this far north land. The next
thing will be the screech of the loco
motive and daily trains running be-
tween here and Port Townsend.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

The Sons of the Revolution, an or.
ganization of descendants of the of
ticers and soldiers of the Revolutionary
army, have opened competition fol
models for q monument to the MEM
DRY of Nathan Hale, the American vol
unteer who was hanged as spy by
the British in New York during the
Revolution. The monument is to cost
about $25, 900, and is to be erected,
with the consent of the city authori-
ties, in Central Park, New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

GEORGE VANDYKE, the millionaire
'1umber king of Northern New
Hampshire, was fourteen years age
earning his living by chopping in the
woodsin Coos County at twenty dollars
a month and board. He is but thirty.
six years old.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

OUT Of twenty young men who re-
Gently competed for West Point ca
detship at Westfeld, Mass, ten were
rejected by the physician because they
had the tobacco heart" brought on
by cigarette-smoking. They were unfit
for West Point service.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

A STORY of genuine heroism is told
in a dispatch from Cincinnati. Denny
Wilcox, a ten-year-old son of Dan viii
cox a life-saver and local oarsman on
the Ohio, was out boat-riding in the
middle of the river late Monday even
ing, having with him Lille Reiner, an
eight-year old child. The little craft
was suddenly capsized by the swell OF
a passing steamer, throwing the chill
drea into the water. Denny swan to
Lille, seized her by the arm, and then,
with his one hand, swan through the
rocking pillows to the Ohio shore,
saving himself and the little girl.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

The Chicago Inter Ocean says that a
country gentleman, after tarrying, in
the city a few weeks, was heard to re-
mark that he had eaten so much olco
and butterine he wouldn't be able to
look an honest cow in the face on his
return home; the old creature would
accuse him of going back on his best
fpin,5
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
Luce,s Action Indorsed.

PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. 20.-The Maine fish
ernnen are unanimous in their approval of
the course pursued by Admiral Luce, of the
North Atlantic squadron, for which he was
censured by Secretary Whitney They de-
clare that his actions have been misrepre-
scented, and that the information he fur
nished the fishing fleet in the Gulf of ST
Lawrence was invaluable, as it enabled the
captains to know Just what to expect of the
Canadian authorities.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

The following cases of longevity are
recorded in Russia: A woman named
Sophia>Masluchenoff has just died at
Kharkoff at the age of one hundred and
twenty-five. Up to the time of her
death she enjoyed good health, and had
an excellent memory. A medical man
practicing at Novo Baiarzet writes to
the I'rach that there is peasant of the
name of Named in the village of: Beiok
Mara who is now about one hundred
and twenty-two He has good health
and very fair eyesight He is a good
walker. In his mouth are five sound
teeth.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

w. X, VANDERBILT had a chicken
farm on Long Island. He imported II.
c. Tams from England to manage it.
Tams organizedfthe chicken farm on g
grand scale, with all the latest inn
provoments in hen houses, incubators,
and so on. Mr. Vanderbilt went abroad
on yachting tour, and Tams sold out
all the chicken tixin's for IS, 900, and
Svith the money deoamped, it is be-
lieved for his beloved native England.
Our eXtradition treaties do not seem to
cover such fowl crimes, and Tams will
probably retain. the $4,000 as a nest
eor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

THERE were 1858 photographers in
the United States in 1870, and 9, 900 in
1880. There are now about il, 900 per-
sons engaged in the photographing
business in this country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

Nellie CLERK in a store)-'Pd
hate to live in England, wouldn't
you?" Matte never thought. but
| think it would be nice enough.
Why?" Nellie (tosses her bangs)-
Not for me, thank you. They call
US sales-ladies shop-girls over there
--BinQbGnapto1s Republican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
KENosHA, WISCONSIN.

AN Ensenada (CaL) paper speaks Of
mahogany as so plentiful in that Sec
ton that it forms the cheapest kind Of
fuel for domestic use.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

COLONEL PERKINS, the oldest inhab-
liant of Norwich, Conn, expects to
see one hundred years, ''for," he re-
marks, sEyly, very few people die at
nlnety-ninc years. /"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

The Supreme Court of Minnesota
has discharged prisoner who was con-
victed by jury partly composed OF
women, on the ground that women can
not legally act as jurors.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26
John Burleigb of Vassalbo1

John Burleigh, of Vassalboro,
Me-, is twenty-five years old, and
about six feet four inches high. He
weighs two hundred and eighteen
pounds. Recently he pitched off and
slowed away twenty-six loads of hay
in one day, and his only complaint at
night was that the muscles of his arm
were little lame
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

CLARK SMITH, of Fort Supply, and
Miss Gussy Mason, of Fort Sill, two
hundred miles apart, were recently
married by telegraph.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

Heard of Jobkins' attempt at
suicideP" "Jobkins, the fat man?"
Eyes. He threw himself from a Cam
den ferryboat last Saturday" Poor
fellow! his troubles are at an end now"
mot at all. He was too fat to sink
and now he daresn't go out of the
house for fear of the boys who want to
dwell on the particulars. '-Philadet-
plaiG Call.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

-Judge-''Have you any thing to
say before the court passes sentence
upon youP" Prisoner-s'W all I've
got to say is, | hope your honor'll con-
slider the youth of my lawyer, an LET
me off easy
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-26

nection with the trunk lines of the United
States. The Manitoba & Northwestern railroad
said to be. chiefly owned by the Allan Steam
ship Company-ends at Portage la Prairie, and
therefore has no eastern southern outlet ex-
cept by the Canadian Pacific. The Manitoba
& Northwestern, therefore, has organized the
new Red RIVER Valley line, which is now build
ing road along the west bank of the Redriver,
between the two lines of the Canadian Pa
citic, and with evident intent to event
TALLY connect with the line ending at Portage
la Prairie. The Northern Pacific ana Grand
Trunk lines, it is understood, are interested in
completing these lines and thereby connecting
with the upper North Northwestern railroad,
1t viii be seen that the new line would be a
powerful rival to the Canadian Pacific, and
hence the latter railroads. oppositionl